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2012

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Date/Area	Description
7 Feb Great Haywood, Stafford	J.R.R. Tolkien at Great Haywood, 1916-17 Illustrated Talk by Local Historian, David Robbie. 7.30 pm. Admission £2, all proceeds to Sports and Social Club. Venue: Sports and Social Club Contact details: daverobbie38 AT btinternet DOT com
19 May - 20 May Birmingham, UK	Middle-earth Weekend 2012 Next year sees the 75th anniversary since the publication of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It seems fitting, therefore, to celebrate this event at the weekend with all things Hobbity. Second breakfasts will of course be available throughout the weekend! Archery, dragons, drama, re-enactments and medieval crafts feature again, but we also hope to introduce some interesting new activities to the weekend. Venue: Sarehole Mill Web site: http://www.middleearthweekend.org.uk/ Postal Address: Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B13 0BD,
3 Aug - 6 Aug Berkeley, California USA	Mythcon 43 "Across the Continents: Myths and legends from Europe and Asia meet and mingle" GOH Prof. G. Ronald Murphy, SJ - Scholar GOH Malinda Lo - Author Mythcons feature scholarly papers and panels plus lots of fun interaction. Venue: Clark Kerr campus, UCB Web site: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/43/ Contact details: mythcon43 AT mythsoc DOT org Phone: n/a Postal Address: Mythcon 43 c/o, The Mythopoeic Society, PO Box 28427, San Jose, CA 95159 - USA
16 Aug - 20 Aug Loughborough, UK	The Return of the Ring A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012. Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet. Venue: Loughborough University Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org
21 Sep - 22 Sep Dublin, Ireland	Tolkien: The Forest and the City Papers by Tom Shippey, Michael Drout, Verlyn Flieger, Thomas Honegger, Alison Milbank as well as a number of new voices from Ireland, Britain, Germany and the US on Tolkien's concepts and use of the built and the natural environment. Venue: Trinity College, Dublin Contact details: conrado AT tcd DOT ie Postal Address: Tolkien: The Forest and the City, c/o Dr. H. Conrad-O'Briain, School of English, Trinity College , Dublin 2, Ireland

Date/Area

Description

7 Feb

Great Haywood, Stafford

J.R.R. Tolkien at Great Haywood, 1916-17

Illustrated Talk by Local Historian, David Robbie. 7.30 pm. Admission £2, all proceeds to Sports and Social Club.

Venue: Sports and Social Club

Contact details: daverobbie38 AT btinternet DOT com

19 May - 20 May

Birmingham, UK

Middle-earth Weekend 2012

Next year sees the 75th anniversary since the publication of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It seems fitting, therefore, to celebrate this event at the weekend with all things Hobbity. Second breakfasts will of course be available throughout the weekend! Archery, dragons, drama, re-enactments and medieval crafts feature again, but we also hope to introduce some interesting new activities to the weekend.

Venue: Sarehole Mill

Web site: http://www.middleearthweekend.org.uk/

Postal Address: Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B13 0BD,

3 Aug - 6 Aug

Berkeley, California USA

Mythcon 43

"Across the Continents: Myths and legends from Europe and Asia meet and mingle"

GOH Prof. G. Ronald Murphy, SJ - Scholar

GOH Malinda Lo - Author

Mythcons feature scholarly papers and panels plus lots of fun interaction.

Venue: Clark Kerr campus, UCB

Web site: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/43/

Contact details: mythcon43 AT mythsoc DOT org

Phone: n/a

Postal Address: Mythcon 43 c/o, The Mythopoeic Society, PO Box 28427, San Jose, CA 95159 - USA

16 Aug - 20 Aug

Loughborough, UK

The Return of the Ring

A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012.

Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet.

Venue: Loughborough University

Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org

Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

21 Sep - 22 Sep

Dublin, Ireland

Tolkien: The Forest and the City

Papers by Tom Shippey, Michael Drout, Verlyn Flieger, Thomas Honegger, Alison Milbank as well as a number of new voices from Ireland, Britain, Germany and the US on Tolkien's concepts and use of the built and the natural environment.

Venue: Trinity College, Dublin

Contact details: conrado AT tcd DOT ie

Postal Address: Tolkien: The Forest and the City, c/o Dr. H. Conrad-O'Briain, School of English, Trinity College , Dublin 2, Ireland

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